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Cabinet colleague Amna Ally says…Nothing wrong with Harmon’s actions
Minister of Social Cohesion, Amna Ally, sees nothing wrong with the alleged transgressions of Minister of State Joseph Harmon in the ongoing BaiShanLin fiasco.
Kaieteur News understands that both Harmon and Ally yesterday visited Region Three to hold talks with residents there about matters coming out of the recently concluded Local Government Elections (LGE).
Addressing the meeting at West Demerara, Ally said that she is proud of Harmon. She spoke about the “many” projects Harmon undertook to better the lives of citizens in Region Three. She said that Harmon’s main priority is the development of Guyana.
Minister Ally told the gathering, “Joseph Harmon is not corrupt. President Granger has every confidence in the Minister of State.”
She added that “had the Minister of State done wrong, he would have been gone”.
I am not accountable to the media
In addition, Harmon’s press Secretary, Malika Ramsey released a statement via her Facebook page. The statement read that Harmon “is not concerned that the current organized campaign to damage his reputation will affect the way he performs his duties as minister.
Minister of Social Cohesion, Amna Ally
Approximately 15 persons mounted protest yesterday in support of Harmon
“Minister Harmon says he has always felt that it was the people who elected him, and the people who elected the Coalition Government, and it is the people who decide whether or not that government is performing – not one or two news paper columnists or one or two persons who write news paper articles. The Minister of State says the President has spoken on the matter definitively, and he respects the president’s judgment therefore he (the Minister of State) need not say more.”
President David Granger recently had cause to undo an appointment that Harmon made without consulting him.
Harmon had appointed Brian Tiwari as Ministerial Advisor to Business. As soon as the President became aware of this he rescinded the appointment. President Granger told reporters that he saw no need for such an appointment, as he has a competent Minister of Business. It was that Minister, Dominic Gaskin, who President Granger said he has confidence in.
Kaieteur News had also reported that Harmon undermined the Guyana Revenue Authority when he halted attempts by the GRA to seize two of BaiShanLin’s vehicles.
Harmon, the Chu’s and two other Govt. officials on a private jet
The Chinese company had failed to pay the required duties on the vehicles within the legally stipulated timeframe.
But before the GRA and SOCU officials could carry out the operation, Harmon instructed that the vehicles must not be removed.
The vehicles were subsequently a day after a Kaieteur News exposé. But the government is still to say how it intends to address Harmon’s actions.
After promising to “investigate the veracity” of the allegation against Harmon, Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan, is still to update the media of the probe.
Efforts to contact him subsequently proved futile.
Anti-corruption advocates have expressed disappointment in Harmon and said Guyana cannot be made to suffer a repeat of what was had occurred under the rule of the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C).
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